Improved meat-cutter



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. PERRY, OF SOUTH KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVED MEAT-CUTTER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,243, dated Iuly 14,1863.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN Gr. PERRY, of South Kingston, in the county ofWashington, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Meat- Outters; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and correct description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a view of the machine open. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section of the same.

This improvement consists of a new mode of holding the knives in thecases of meatcutters in their places, and is not intended to be confinedto any particular form of case.

Fig. 1 shows the application of the invention, the case being opened andone set of knives removed, one set of knives m w is represented as beingin its place, the other set removed to show the construction of theparts more plainly.

In the bottom or back of the place B, where the knives are to be put,are made a series of grooves, a a, which are the same distance apartthat it is-intended to have the knives. These grooves are to receive thebatks or ends of the knives to hold them steady. (See Fig. 3, which is asection across the knives at about their middle.)

To hold the fronts of the knives, I make a slotted plate, S,(represented in perspective in Fig. 4., and in sections in Figs. 2 and3,) the distances between the slots corresponding with those between thegrooves before mentioned. The knivesware placed in these slots, and thebacks of them being held in the grooves a. a, two bearings are thus madefor the knives, which hold them steady and securely in their places.

' Fig. 2 is a cross section of the cutter, showing one set of knives, ww, in place, and the other removed, as in Fig. 1. The grooves a a areintended to be cast in the case, for which purpose they are beveled fromtheir bottoms out, and the slots in the plate S are also intended to bemade in casting the plate, for which purpose they are likewise beveledaway on the sides. The plate S is fastened to the case A of themeat-cutter by the screw 0. This mode of holding the knives has theadvantage over that of placing space-blocks between them, (as in myformer patent,) in requiring a less number of pieces to be cast, beingone in place of eight, ten, or twelve, and in affording greaterfacilities for taking out and replacing the knives when required for thepurposes of sharpening, cleaning, Ste.

Having thus described my improvement in meat-cutters, what I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by. Letters Patent, is

The combination of the slotted plate S with the knives 512 00,substantially as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN G. PERRY.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. ARNOLD, BENJAMIN ARNOLD.

